For centuries, mathematics was seen as the one discipline immune to contradiction — until one man proved it wasn’t. In the early 20th century, Kurt Gödel uncovered a flaw buried inside logic itself, ...

1. Fast and Slow Piles. This works well as a starting or closing activity. Students sort math fact cards into fast and slow piles. This visual way of tracking facts highlights which facts come ...

In the mid-19th century, Bernhard Riemann conceived of a new way to think about mathematical spaces, providing the foundation for modern geometry and physics.

Two decades ago, the mathematician Moon Duchin spent her summers teaching geometry at Mathcamp, a program for mathematically talented teens. Campers contemplated notions such as how to prove whether a ...

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The Punjab School of Mathematics, originating from Sarvadaman Chowla's 1925 paper, celebrates its centenary alongside Prof.

The proof, known to be so hard that a mathematician once offered 10 martinis to whoever could figure it out, uses number ...

Instead of memorization and lectures in classrooms, SESP Prof. Jen Munson, who studies learning science, envisions a ...

From Oct. 15 to Oct. 17, researchers, democracy advocates, and students gathered at Wellesley College for the “Social Choice: Theory and Computation Conference” hosted by Institute for Mathematics and ...